An early morning collision in Hempstead County near Nashville sent four people to hospitals in three states and the accident is still under investigation.
According to Arkansas State Police Trooper Mason Glasgow, who is assigned to Howard County, the accident happened around 7:40 a.m. Tuesday on Hwy. 371.
Vehicle 1 was driven by Justin Byers, 25, of Nashville. Vehicle 2 was driven by Rebecca Ewing, of Delight, who also had two children, ages four and seven, in the vehicle, and Vehicle 3 was driven by Cheryl Allen, 53, of Nashville, according to Glasgow's report.
Byers was traveling behind the Allen vehicle and allegedly attempted to pass in a no-passing zone, according to the ASP report.
He attempted to swerve back into his lane, but hit the Ewing vehicle head-on, after clipping the Allen vehicle, according to the report.
The Ewing vehicle overturned as a result of the accident and the Byers vehicle went into the roadway ditch. Byers was transported to St. Joseph-Mercy Hospital in Hot Springs by helicopter, and Ewing and one of her children were transferred to Wadley Regional Medical Center at Hope, where Ewing was subsequently life-flighted to LSU Medical Center in Shreveport, La. A second child was transported to Wadley Regional Medical Center in Texarkana by ambulance, according to Glasgow's report. Conditions of the patients were not available at press time today.